Sunday Brunch, West 14th Street Style

by Julia Turshen

on 06/15/11 at 09:00 AM

I've never been a huge brunch lover. Insane, I know. But there's one exception. I'm kind of kicking myself for announcing this publicly, but the best brunch in New York is not on the Upper West Side and doesn't involve stacks of nap-inducing pancakes.

It's downtown in between the Meatpacking District and Chelsea, right on West 14th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues on the south side of the street.

Just outside of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard's, vendors set up their stands every Sunday morning to feed the mostly Mexican crowd.

And while there's nowhere to sit, the food can't be beat. Get your authentic tamales and gorditas and a few cups of horchata and talk a walk to the High Line. It doesn't get that much better.